A retired FBI source says the missing-person press conference was poorly handled. Officials rambled instead of sticking to facts like the reward amount and timeline. The source notes that real kidnappers make contact quickly; the silence here suggests this isn't actually a kidnapping.
I actually talked to a former FBI. He's. He's retired from the Bureau now, but I talked to a former FBI source of mine last night, and we were kind of kicking this around, and his. His key takeaway was not saying much outside of asking for help is really the best thing that you can do, because then you do get this sense that they're sort of flailing around and. Wait, wait.
Wait, wait. Are you saying your FBI's. Your. Your source said that from a. From a presser point of view, that it was good.
No, no, no, no. That it was not good. That it was not good. That they were sort of word vomiting in that press conference, and what they should have done was talk about the reward, talk about the timeline, talk about the things that they could talk about, and then kind of move on. Okay, Clinton, I have.
To ask, and I know you asked this of your source. What does your source think is going on? I know you guys talked about it. I know you did.
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, the sense of it is. And. And the. The FBI guy in the press conference sort of said the same thing that. That one of my. One of my sources said, which was you would have expected to hear from someone by now if this was an actual kidnapping.
Right.
It just, you know, these things don't go on this long without. Without some sort of legitimate contact. And I know there's the. The hoaxes and the. The other. The other ransom notes that they're investigating, but, you know, this is. The senses from. From my friend, was that this is not. This is not a kidnapping. This.
